Franjieh Accuses Saniora, Hamadeh of Plotting to Kill Nasrallah

Former cabinet minister and Syrian ally Suleiman Franjieh accused Prime Minister Fouad Saniora and Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh of plotting to kill Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
Franjieh said the issue of private Hizbullah phone networks which recently caused a stir in Lebanon "is known before and is old and the reason it was brought up again is aimed at isolating Sayyed Nasrallah or assassinating him."

Franjieh's remarks on Kalam el Nas talk show on LBC television Thursday evening also included a number of other accusations.

Hamadeh swiftly retorted with a counter statement, saying that Franjieh's words reveal sectarianism.

"It's not worth responding to such language," Hamadeh said in a statement.

He later told the daily An Nahar that a copy of Franjieh's interview would be "immediately" submitted to the international investigation committee headed by Belgian prosecutor Serge Brammertz "as evidence that could one day hold Franjieh responsible for taking part in crimes and assassinations organized by the Syrian Regime in Lebanon."